Central Institute of Technology Kokrajhar

Institute Ethical Committee (IEC)

CIT Kokrajhar “Institute Ethical Committee” is formed to look after following sub-committee

Human Ethical Committee
Animal Ethical Committee
Bio-ethical Committee

The composition of IEC is as following:

1. Chairperson	Dr. Anuj Kumar Baruah, Chief Medical Officer, IIT Guwahati
2. Member Secretary	Dean R&D, CIT Kokrajhar
3. Legal Experts	Ms Madhumita Kothari, Advocate Supreme Court
4. Two Scientists / Professors	a) Prof. (Dr.) Tapan Kumat Maiti (Professor of Instrumentation Engineering, CIT Kokrajhar) b) Dr. Subhajit Ray (Associate Professor of Food Engineering and Technology, CIT Kokrajhar)
5. Clinicians	Chief Medical Officer (ex officio), CIT K Hospital
6. Faculty from the Humanities and Social Sciences	Dr. Pradip Brahmachary, Associate Professor of HSS, CIT Kokrajhar
7. Safety Officer	Dr. Pranjal Kalita, Associate Professor of Chemistry, CIT Kokrajhar
8. One person from the local community	Village Headman

IEC Guidelines

Patents

Will be updated soon.

International and Interdisciplinary Collaborative Research (IICR) Cell

International and Interdisciplinary Collaborative Research (IICR) Cell at CIT Kokrajhar is keen to promote research work and output for faculty and students. Apart from the program requirements of dissertation and seminar, faculty, staff and students would engage in intensive interdisciplinary research work through the R&D Section for national / international R&D / Consultancy Projects and Special Research / Exchange Programs.

IICR Cell at CIT Kokrajhar, comprise following members:

1. Dean (R&D)	Coordinator from CITK (Deemed-to-be University)
2. Prof. Monomoy Goswami	Nominated Expert – Water Resource Management, CITK
3. Dr Amitava Nag	Nominated Expert – CSE & IT Domain. CITK
4. Dr Abhijit Deka	Nominated Expert –Civil Engg Domain. CITK
5. Dr Santosh Kumar	Nominated Expert –Food Engg Domain. CITK
6. Dr Bihung Brahma	Nominated Expert – HSS Domain. CITK
7. Prof Bharat Dahiya, Director, Research Center for Integrated Sustainable Development, Thammasat University, Bangkok Thailand	International Invited Member from Sustainable Development Domain

Institute Seminar Series (ISS)

List of Speakers for “Institute Seminar Series”:

ISS No.	Name of the speaker	Department	Designation	Topic of Talk	Date
1	Dr Abhijit Deka	Dept of Civil Engg	Assistant Professor	Utilization of Waste Material in MSW Landfill Project and its Geotechnical Aspects	11.04.2018
2	Dr Pankaj Pratap Singh	Dept of Computer Science and Engg	Assistant Professor	Satellite Image Processing with various aspects	18.04.2018
3	Dr Arindum Mukherjee	Dept of Electronics and Communication Engg	Assistant Professor	An introduction to computer algebra system (CAS) using MATHCAD	25.04.2018
4	Dr Santosh Kumar	Dept of Food Engineering and Technology	Assistant Professor	Environment friendly synthesis of metal nanoparticles and their applications in food processing and packaging	02.05.2018
5	Dr Tanushree Nayak	Dept of Humanities & Social Sciences	Assistant Professor	Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace	09.05.2018
6	Dr Amitava Nag	Dept of Information Technology	Associate Professor	Secret Sharing Schemes and Its Applications	16.05.2018
7	Dr Kaushik Chandra Deva Sarma	Dept of Instrumentation Engineering	Assistant Professor	Junctionless Field Effect Transistor – A Promising Candidate for Future VLSI Design and Power Electronics	23.05.2018
8	Dr Sandeep Kumar Srivastava	Dept of Physics	Associate Professor	Bit Patterned Media for Hard Disk Drive Application	13.02.2019
9	Dr Sahalad Borgoyary	Dept of Mathematics	Assistant Professor	Comparison of Fuzzy and Imprecise concept in the construction of unsharp Boundary Set	20.02.2019
10	Dr Bhaskar Saha	Dept of Multimedia Communication and Design	Assistant Professor	3D Animation Production Design in Current Scenario	27.02.2019
11	Prof. Monomoy Goswami	Department of Civil Engineering	Professor and Head	Innovations and prospects in hydropower project planning	06.03.2019
12	Dr Apurbalal Senapati	Department of Computer Science and Engineering	Assistant Professor	Machine learning – Tools and techniques	13.03.2019
13	Dr. Arunendu Mondal	Department of Chemistry	Associate Professor	Recent advancement of metal-organic frameworks and its applications	27.03.2019

Research seminar day (RSD)

The Research Seminar Day (RSD) 2019 was premeditated and subsequently approved by the competent authority as a day-long program dedicated to showcase the R & D activities of various departments of CIT Kokrajhar. The RSD 2019 was jointly organized by R & D Section, CIT Kokrajhar (Team comprising Dr Sandeep Srivastava, Dean i/c, R&D and the Head, Department of Physics and Dr Abhirup Chatterjee, Research Establishment Officer / REO along with Mr Bodosa Brahma, Mr Swgwmsar Swrang Boro, Ms Deepa Rani Basumatary, Ms Bandana Narzary, Mr Bishnu Narzary, Mr Rafikul, Mr Anowar and Ms Banamita) and Springer Nature (Team comprising Mr Aninda Bose, Mr Soumya Chakraborty, Mr Ashutosh Sharma and Mr Biplab Ghosh) on 04.04.2019 from 09:15 h onwards in the Padmashree Madaram Brahma Seminar Hall, CIT Kokrajhar under the aegis of Prof Debkumar Chakrabarti (the Director) and Mrs Chaitali Brahma (the Registrar). The well-appraised designs of the banners (flex) as well as the Logo of RSD was done by Mr Bhaskar Saha (Asst Prof and Head, Department of Multimedia Communication & Design). The entire program was coordinated by Ms Susmita Roy, Asst Prof, Department of Multimedia Communication & Design, CIT Kokrajhar. The event was adorned by the eminence of Prof Gopal Das, Prof, Dept of Chemistry and Dean, Research and Development, IIT Guwahati as a Special Invited Speaker in presence of Dean i/c (Student Affairs), Dean (Academics) and around 95 faculties, staff and research scholars of CIT Kokrajhar and the Springer Nature Team. The RSD started with formal inaugural ceremony having the events in sequence of Felicitation of Dignitaries, Plantation and Watering of CIT RSD 2019 Tree by the Invited Speaker, the Director, the Registrar and the Deans, Inaugural Speech by the Director, Introduction to Institute by the Registrar and Introduction to the R&D Section by the Dean i/c, R&D. After the inauguration concluded, Dean i/c, R&D introduced Prof Gopal das, as the Special Invited Speaker. Prof Das through his interactive discourse inspired the faculties in the thoroughfare of R & D – the technical and strategic manoeuvres towards a proficient R & D profile. His fervent communication encouraged and aided both the young and experienced faculties of CIT Kokrajhar in their R & D endeavours. The program in continuation thereafter consisted of lectures from various departments of CIT Kokrajhar viz. Civil Engg, Computer Science & Engg, Electronics & Communication Engg, Food Engg & Technology, Information Technology, Multimedia Communication & Design and Physics. For the first time in CIT Kokrajhar, an award bearing the name ‘Springer-Nature Emerging Researcher Award’ was proposed for award during RSD 2019, and subsequently the award had been agreed to be sponsored by Springer Nature. The awardees were
1. Dr Sandeep Kumar Srivastava, Dept of Physics.
2. Dr Prakash Kumar Nayak, Dept of Food Engg & Technology.
3. Dr Amitava Nag, Dept of Information Technology. The RSD 2019, for the first time again in the Institute, was decorated by a Springer Nature Author Workshop (post-Lunch session), an interactive platform addressing details (ethics, codes, tracks, dos & don’ts etc.) relevant to techno-scientific publication conducted by Mr Aninda Bose from Springer Nature. Mr Bose is the Senior Publishing Editor, a part of the Global Acquisition Team at Springer Nature and responsible for acquisition of scientific content across the globe. He is responsible for acquisition of content in Interdisciplinary Applied Sciences. He has more than 24 years of industrial experience in marketing and different fields of publishing. Mr. Bose has delivered more than 90 invited talks on Scientific Writing and Publishing Ethics in reputed Universities, International Conferences and Author Workshops. The concluding session of RSD started (after Tea) with Concluding Remarks by Mr Soumya Chakraborty from Springer Nature Team Officials. The RSD 2018 was concluded with the Vote of Thanks from the REO.

Ongoing/completed Sponsered Project

#	Faculty Name	Department	Title of project	Status	Funding Agency/Client	Approved Cost
1	Dr. Sucharita Sen Maiti (PI) Dr. Susmitha Wils K.	FET	"Aptamer based electrochemical biosensor with field inspection capability for rapid detection of colistin antibiotic in animal flesh lbod and dairy product".	Ongoing (since April 2022)	Technology Development and Transfer (TDT) scheme, DST, Govt. of India	45.65 lakh
2	Dr. Avik Mukherjee (PI) Dr. Santosh Kumar (Co-PI)	FET	Development of a biopolymer based smart packaging system indicating freshness of milk	Ongoing (since April 2022)	AICTE	21.53 lakh
3	Dr. Sandeep Kumar Srivastava	PHY	Study of d0 ferromagnetism, dielectric, optical and transport properties of (Ag/A) co-doped SnO2 compounds (A=Mg, Sb) for Spintronics Application	Ongoing (since April 2022)	CRS Project funded by the UGC-DAE CSR	2.13 lakh
4	Dr. B. N. Parida	PHY	MI-Shielding effectiveness of xGnP filled EVA/EOC immiscible blends and their microcellular foams	Ongoing	BRNS, India	25.33 Lac
5	Dr. S. Kumar and Dr. A. Mukherjee	FET	Use of non-toxic nanoformulations for prolonging shelf life and reduction of postharvest loss of mandarin orange (Citrus reticulata) of North East India	Ongoing (since February 2021)	DBT	31.85 Lac
6	Mr. Pranjal Barman	CE	Utilisation of fly ash on geotechnical engineering applications	Ongoing (January 2019)	DST (PRG) funded (Monitored by ASTEC, Assam)	Rs 5.4 lacs
7	Mr. Pranjal Barman	CE	River bank filtration as a sustainable solution for drinking water supply at Kokrajhar	Completed (2016-2018)	Assam Science Technology & Environment Council (ASTEC)	Rs. 2.8 lakhs
8	Dr. Gunajyoti Das	CH	Theoretical and experimental studies of the physicochemical properties of small amino acid sequences, their water-clusters, binary metallic and ternary metal-peptide-nucleobase complexes	Completed (23/03/2016 To 22/03/2019)	SERB-DST, New Delhi, India	Rs. 30,13,000
9	Dr. Sandeep Kumar Srivastava	PHY	Study of Co/Ni multilayers and Co-Tb alloys based bit patterned media based on auto-assembled anodic alumina nanobump arrays for hard disk drive application	Ongoing (12-01-2017 to 11-01-2020)	DST-SERB	Rs. 37,63,530
10	Dr. Pradip Brahmachary	HSS	Women Empowerment and Economic Development: A Study on Selected Urban Parts of Kokrajhar distirict of Assam	Ongoing (Duration-2 yrs.) Started on 10/01/2018	ICSSR, New Delhi	Rs. 600000/ (Rupees Six Lakhs)
11	Prakash Kumar Nayak	FET	Dovelopment of low cost phase change material assited hybrid solar dryer for wide range of agricultural products	Completed	DBT, Govt of India (Monitored by IIT, Ghy)	10.28 Lacs
12	Dr. Sucharita Sen Maiti and Prakash Kr Nayak	FET	Isolation and Identification of novel bacteriosin producing probiotc bactrria From NER India and uts application in Food Preservation	Ongoing	DBT, Govt of India	62.67 Lacs
13	Prakash Kumar Nayak	FET	Nutritional Evaluation and shelf life study of value added products prepared from Ou-tenga : An Underutlized fruits of NER	Ongoing	DST, Govt of India ( Monitiored by ASTEC, ASSAM)	5.20 Lacs
14	Dr. Santosh Kumar	FET	Development of new functional nanocomposite coating/spray formulation to prolong the postharvest life of whole pineapple fruit	Ongoing (April 29, 2019 - April 28, 2021)	Department of Biotechnology (DBT) Govt. of India through NECBH Programme IIT Guwahati	1125850.00

Ongoing/completed Consultancy projects

#	Faculty Name	Department	Title of project	Status	Funding Agency/Client	Approved Cost
1	Dr. B. Saikia, Mr. K. Saloi and Mr. A. Das	CE	Testing of building materials	September 2020 - Present	Corrtech International Pvt. Ltd.	65,000
2	Dr. A. K. Dey, Mr. K. Saloi and Mr. A. Das	CE	Testing of building materials	February – December, 2020	PGCIL, Salakati	4 lakhs
3	Dr. M. Goswami, Dr. B. Saikia and Dr. Y. Omo	CE	Master layout plan of the plant residential complex	October 2020 - Present	NTPC Ltd., Bongaigaon	6.02 lakhs
4	Prof. Monomoy Goswami	CE	Renovation & Modernization of Gumti Hydro Electric Project (3x5MW) – Consultancy services for Power Potential Study and Submission of Report thereof	Completed. Start date: 17-08-2017 End date: 16-09-2017)	Tripura State Electrcity Corporation Ltd., Generation Circle, Banamalipur, Agartala - 799001	Rs. 70,000.00
5	Prof. Monomoy Goswami	CE	Updation of Water Availability Series of Ranganadi Hydro Electrci Project (3x135 MW), Yazali, Arunachal Pradesh, India.	Ongoing. Draft report submitted. Start date: 18-02-2019	North Eastern Electric Power Corporation Ltd. Office of the Executive Director (Design & Engineering), NEEPCO Bhawan, RG Baruah Road, Guwahati-781005	Rs. 2,40,000.00

Visitors

Visitors Not available

Seminars/Workshop

Workshops

Workshop on Building planning and 3D modeling (Civil Engineering)-

Conferences

Will be updated soon.

Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) Signed

MoU Signed between CIT Kokrajhar and Haldia Institute of Technology MoU Signed on: MoU Signed between CIT Kokrajhar and Haldia Institute of Technology, Haldia, Purba Medinipur, West Bengal

MoU Signed between CIT Kokrajhar and Bodoland University MoU Signed on: MoU Signed between CIT Kokrajhar and Bodoland University

MoU signed with Mobius Foundation, New Delhi and CIT Kokrajhar MoU Signed on: 31st May 2022 MoU signed with Mobius Foundation, New Delhi and CIT Kokrajhar

MoU signed between CIT Kokrajhar and Northeast Frontier Railway (NFR) MoU Signed on: 14th May, 2022 MoU signed between CIT Kokrajhar and Northeast Frontier Railway (NFR)

Industry: MoU Signed on: 1. IOCL Bongaigaon 2. NTPC Salakati

Foreign University: MoU Signed on: • UTP Malaysia

Indian Universities/Institutes MoU Signed on: • IIT Guwahati • ICT Mumbai • AASTU Guwahati • Raffles University Rajasthan

Signing of MoU between UTP Malaysia and CIT Kokrajhar on 19th November 2019 MoU Signed on: 19-11-2019

Publications/Achievements

Department of Food Engineering and Technology, CIT Kokrajhar, has received a multi-institutional research grant worth almost Rs.3 crores Dr. Santosh Kumar and Dr. Avik Mukherjee, Department of Food Engineering and Technology, CIT Kokrajhar, has received a multi-institutional research grant worth almost Rs.3 crores involving four (4) other collaborators – 1. Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati (IITG) 2. National Institute of Food Technology Entrepreneurship and Management (NIFTEM) 3. North Eastern Regional Institute of Science and Technology (NERIST) 4. College of Horticulture and Forestry

CIT Kokrajhar collaborated with Dr. Smriti Priya, CSIR – Indian Institute of Toxicology Research (CSIR-IITR) to bring a research grant worth almost Rs. 46 lakhs Dr. Sucharita Sen Maiti, Department of Food Engineering and Technology, and D. Susmitha Wils K., Department of Instrumentation Engineering, CIT Kokrajhar collaborated with Dr. Smriti Priya, CSIR – Indian Institute of Toxicology Research (CSIR-IITR) to bring a research grant worth almost Rs. 46 lakhs

More than 400 peer-reviewed publications having 4800 citations in the last four years More than 400 peer-reviewed publications having 4800 citations in the last four years

Almost 600 peer-reviewed publications having more than 7000 citations Almost 600 peer-reviewed publications having more than 7000 citations

Research and Development

Research & Development Team

Dr. Amitava Nag

Dr. Sandeep Kumar Srivastava

Dr. Santosh Kumar

Hatharkhi Basumatary